Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy

Entry requirements

Applicants should have:

• A diploma or equivalent training in counselling.
• A qualification in counselling from a different orientation or with a different age-group.
• A BA in Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations
• A Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Approaches/Psychodynamic Counselling.

With your online application you must submit a personal statement; this should detail the reasons for wanting to study the course, including any relevant experience (work or voluntary) that may support your application.

You must also have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check (including child and adult barred list check) and a Occupational Health Check - both of these are organised by the University.

A satisfactory Overseas Criminal Record Check/Local Police Certificate is also required, in addition to a DBS check, where you have lived outside of the UK in the last 5 years for 6 months or more.

This course requires an interview.

Months of entry

October

Course content

Do you want to continue your training to become a psychodynamic counsellor or extend the age-range of clients with whom you can work? If so, our 2 year Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy course may be for you. To be eligible for entry, you must have completed a full counselling diploma or an equivalent qualification (see our entry requirements). A requirement of the course is that you are in personal therapy or counselling on a weekly basis.

Taught at our Colchester Campus, this course offers a professional qualification to work psychodynamically either with adults, or with children and adolescents. There are two streams for the different age-ranges but much of the course is taught jointly. You will gain a thorough theoretical and practical training, including a supervised placement, enabling you to qualify as a psychodynamic counsellor.

If the field of Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy is new to you and you have no prior experience, the 3 year version of this course is for you.

If you are an EU or EEA national, you will only be able to study a part-time course if you hold settled status in the UK. If you are a non-EEA, and non-UK national, you will only be able to study a part-time course if you hold a UK immigration permission which allows part-time study. If you will need a student visa to study in the UK then you will not be able to study part-time.